"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Tolerant of ( সহিষ্ণু ) We must be tolerant of opposition.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Informed of ( অবহিত ) I was not informed of your misfortune.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.

Idioms:

  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.